Little Group

"Letter Bingo! I nearly won, I only needed a C" - Martha

"Sp proud of our new reception children settling in so well and our little group being back together.  We've had lots of fun and the year 1 children have been super helpful." - Clare

Middle Group

"Face painting and going to the park" - Leyla

"Welcoming all the children back and the new year 2's! And them all talking about Face Paint Friday" - Michaela 

Big Group

"Plying dodgeball this week was very fun, plus, I really liked snack today!" - Thomas

"Getting to see how the new year 4's joining the group settled in with the rest of the older children.  Some of the year 6 children did a very nice job of making those new feel welcome." - Connor

There was so much happening over the summer playscheme, I hope your children came back suitably tired and full of stories of what they'd been doing. 

There was lots of creative sessions, junk modeling, sports on the field, trips out to local parks and walks by the canal.  Picnics at the castle, quizzes, role play, talent shows, competitions, drawing, painting, designing hotels and theme parks.  We had a bake off, on top of all the other baking we did, jelly bean game with the disgusting flavours.  Films, dancing, cinema trips. 

It's been none stop and the summer, I'm sure you'll agree, has flown by. 

Now we're back to normal, the usual highlights will resume.  I hope the children are all settled at school in their new classes.  It'll get some getting used to seeing some of them here in the next group up from where they were!

Joe 

Little Group 

"making pretty dolphins" - Lelia

"When in the hall, it was nice to see Martha come out of her shell and lead a session.  She  shouted out a sea creature and her friends pretended to be it.  Great fun had by all." - Clare

"With the nice weather at the park, the children conquered their fears climbing high, swinging on the monkey bars and rolling on the bars" - Nicky

Middle Group

"Middle group designing peg people and different paterns" - Michaela

Little Group

"Playing with the Jubilee flags and going outside" - Adam and Isaac

"We made rainbow fish using lots of colourful tissue paper and sequins.  We talked about the story and all the nice things we like about each other.  All the reception joined in and were so kind about each other." - Clare

"Little group worked together passing the ball and even big group joined in" - Nicky

Middle Group

"Joseph drawing a giant dinosaur on the playground.  All middle group very impressed and created their own drawings." - Michaela

Big Group

"Getting my face painted was so much fun" - Ellie

"We did a big sports day competition in big group this week and everyone involved gave it everything they had in every activity. They aksi showed great sportsmanship throughout towards one another" - Connor

Little Group 

"Seeing my friends from different schools and playing outside with them in the sunshine" - James

"All the children drew pictures for the Queen and we made a beautiful collage card to send her in celebration of her jubilee.  Elsie said "I can't believe the Queen will see my picture of herself!" We hope she likes the card, it was great" - Clare

Middle Group

"Bingo! It's my favourite games"-  Lexi

"I liked dodgeball, we did races to get the ball for our team" - Jago

"Middle Group worked together to make decorations for our Jubilee party on Wednesday.  Big Bunting with the flag in our own colours." - Nicky

Big Group

"Backwards football and design a theme park!" - Zlata, Mishal, Brad Brian and Charlie

"The group putting their creative ideas to the test in competition to design the best theme park" - Micheala 

Little group

"Playing with the new shop and the till" - Martha

"Making paper plate turtles for our under the sea topic, they were very cute.  Well done Isla wh was super kind and helped her friend Florence to stick the parts together and find some more blue tissue" - Clare

"We mixed and matched our own sea creatures, creating the coolest and funniest creatures.  Spikes, fins, sharp teeth etc" - Nicky

Middle Group

"Creating our own islands" - Emily

"Playing football with big group and Izzy never giving up and giving it a good go throughout the whole match" - Michaela

Big Group

"I had fun playing with Middle group and dodgeball" - Thomas

"While playing football with middle group for session Ethan did an amazing job to make sure the younger ones on his team all got involved.  He also made a point to ensure everyone would pass the ball to each other." - ​Connor

Little Group

"Making a bear and playing hide and seek with it" - Willy

"Reading the story "we're going on a bear hunt" and the children bringing the story to life, we even made our own bear binoculars to go searching for the bear.  Lots of fun with the whole group." - Clare

"We folded our own bear cubs, first the head, then the body, stick together TADA our own paper bears - Nicky

Middle Group

"Having free play outside and drawing with chalk" - Lila

"Playing "who's got the ball?" and seeing middle group use their detective skill to find out who has it." - Michaela

Big Group

"I really liked playing middle group at dodgeball for session" - Brian

"On Friday some of big group asked if they could help walking little group over from school to club and showing very good maturity and setting a good example for the group" - Connor

Little Group

"Kicking the football really high and scoring a goal" - Betsy

"Go little group who joined Ollie in the hall to play football, it was nice a few of big group children play alongside us and help support the younger ones.  Great game of football and proud of Rowan for the great saves" - Clare

Middle Group

"Playing hall games duck, duck goose" - Ada

"My favourite thing was the park" - Emily

"Watching middle group work together as a team to figure out the 'wordle'" - Micheala 

Big Group

"I had fun playing football because I learned how to kick a ball afte 5 years of trying" - Ayan

"This week, a group of the boys had a go at sorting out their own football competition by making a table and all the teams involved.  They did a great job working together to show independence without myself needing to step in at any point to help.  - Connor

Little Group

"Can't believe we are making our own pizzas!" - William

"A big shoutout to Seth who helped the younger children cut up the tomatos and grate the cheese for our session of making our own pizzas.  Thank you Seth, very helpful." - Clare

"Orla thought us a new whiteboard game and we had loads of fun playing it with the group" - Nicky

Middle Group

"Face paint! - I got a sheep on my head" - Leyla

"Playing 'animal, mineral, object' game and seeing how many of the young people are interested in crystals!" - Michaela

Big Group

"Playing the card game was very fun because I love doing a quiz" - Lacey

"While playing football, the team of Brian and Thomas played against a team of year 6 and even though they seemed out matched in size they gave it their all and pushed the others to play at their absolute best." - Connor

Little Group

"Getting my face painted my favourite figure" - Frankie

"Playdough challenge was lots of fun, all the children worked together and came up with some fantastic ideas.  Teamwork! They took them all home too." - Clare

"We had a really good dribble and shooting practice in the hall this week.  Lots of powerful kicks and great control with the ball" - Nicky

Middle Group 

"The Park!" - Lanna and Lila

"Joining capture the flag with Big Group was fun" - Michaela

Big Group

"Getting a Dragon ball-Z face paint" - Idris

"On Friday for first session, Bradley joined in with Little Groups football session to help out and he did a very good job teaching the young ones some of his skills" - Connor